Mamigonian takes over Ethics, Gender Studies

By Rachel Schwartz

English teacher Malina Mamigonian will take over the gender studies and ethics classes this year after former humanities teacher Martha Wheelock&rsquo;s retirement. Wheelock asked her to fill the position last year and helped Mamigonian reconfigure the courses.

Mamaigonian described gender studies as a continuation of the philosophically-focused ethics course that looks at gender as a constructed idea imposed by society. Mamigonian will “pursue understanding of that construction in other cultures, in business, in the home,” she said.

Mamigonian will also start a new chapter of Girls Learn International, a program that explores human rights issues and will help Harvard-Westlake begin a cultural exchange with a girls&rsquo; school abroad. Managing Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation in Los Angeles Ina Coleman (Austin &rsquo;10, Kacey &rsquo;13 and Sloane Wilson &rsquo;17), will also help start the new chapter.